The Coven Series: Books 1-5 by B. Waters Jasmine

Author:B. Waters, Jasmine
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2017-08-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Elizabeth

When school started again, I didn’t even bother trying to talk to Steven. A couple of times, I could tell he was hurt. He’d come up to me at my locker and tried asking me if I wanted to get together. But the curfew was still in effect, and every time I thought of my night spent at the police station, my wrists chafed with pain.

More than anything, I wished Andrea would just go away. I wanted to confide in Steven; I wanted to be close to him. But I couldn’t risk telling him anything. How did I know he wouldn’t spill to Andrea, just like he’d done the first time I’d talked to him about Monica?

It didn’t help that being home made me anxious. Mom was mad at me because I still hadn’t forgiven Aidan, and Dad was distant, wrapped up in some work project that kept him out of the house for long hours. Most of the time when I got home from school, I’d stay in bed until dinner and then stay up late doing my homework. It made me feel rebellious to stand at my window and stare out at the dark streets.

One night in January, I was sitting at my desk, listening to the sound of snow and hail blowing outside. Jaffrey was in the middle of a blizzard – supposedly one of the worst storms in years – and we hadn’t had school in three days. I was going stir-crazy.

Mom knocked on my door. “Hey, sweetie, can I come in?”

I groaned, arming myself for yet another conversation about how I ‘had to’ forgive Aidan.

“Yeah,” I called.

Mom pushed open my door and came in, settling down on my unmade bed. “How are you, sweetie?”

“I’m fine,” I lied. “Just kind of bored with all the snow. I’m caught up on schoolwork,” I added quickly, before Mom could ask.

Mom nodded. “How is Steven?” She raised an eyebrow. “I haven’t seen him around in a while.”

“Oh, yeah, well, you know…” I trailed off, biting my lip. “The curfew and all. Makes it pretty hard to go outside.”

Mom nodded. “Yeah,” she said. “That must be rough on you.”

I shrugged.

“Honey, did something happen between the two of you?”

I suppressed the urge to roll my eyes. Again, I couldn’t imagine admitting anything even close to the truth. This was like one of those dumb, Lifetime movies, minus the D-list actors.

“I don’t know,” I said after a long pause. “His family is kind of strict, you know. They don’t really want him dating.”

Mom laughed. “They’re going to have a hard time with that when he’s at college, I bet,” she said. “Sorry,” she added. “I don’t mean to imply he’s going to forget you.”

‘I almost wish he would,’ I thought. But all I said was, “Yeah.”

My phone buzzed on my desk.

“Steven?” Mom glanced over, trying to see.

“Uh, I don’t know,” I said. “Do you mind?”

Mom nodded and scurried out of my room. She didn’t close the door behind her, and I groaned, getting up and slamming it quickly.

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